Table. Demographics, diagnostic evaluation, and treatment results.
| Variable |
Total:
N = 200 (%) |
Mild traumatic brain injury:
n = 81 (%) |
Moderate traumatic brain injury:
n = 22 (%) |
Severe traumatic brain injury:
n = 97 (%) |
|
| Severe or life-threatening general disorder (ASA 3–4) (19)* | 45 (24.9) | 27 (33.3) | 3 (20) | 15 (15.5) | |
| GCS (median; range) (0)* | 9; 3–15 | 14; 13–15 | 11; 9–12 | 3; 3–8 | |
| Traumatic finding on cranial CT | – Acute subdural hematoma (19)* – Epidural hematoma (22)* – Traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage (18)* – Skull fracture (6)* |
119 (65.7) 38 (21.3) 137 (75.3) 117 (60.3) |
47 (64.4) 9 (12.7) 47 (63.5) 40 (50) |
14 (70) 6 (28.6) 17 (81) 18 (81.8) |
58 (65.9) 23 (26.7) 73 (83.9) 59 (64.1) |
| Intracranial emergency surgery | – Invasive ICP measurement (3)* – Craniotomy (3)* – Decompressive craniectomy (3)* |
41 (20.8) 33 (16.8) 19 (9.6) |
1 (1.3) 9 (11.4) 3 (3.8) |
5 (22.7) 3 (13.6) 4 (18.2) |
35 (36.5) 21 (21.9) 12 (12.5) |
| Extracranial emergency surgery (9)* | 21 (11) | 4 (5.3) | 0 (0) | 17 (18.3) | |
| Further intracranial surgery over the course of the disease (4)* | 42 (21.4) | 15 (19) | 8 (36.4) | 19 (20) | |
| Stay in intensive care ward (mean±standard deviation) (0)* | 11.9 ± 13.3 days | 8.1 ± 10.3 days | 13 ± 10 days | 14.8 ± 15.4 days | |
| Inpatient stay (mean±standard deviation) (0)* | 17.1 ± 13.7 days | 15.1 ± 10.1 days | 16.1 ± 9 days | 18.9 ± 16.6 days | |
| In-hospital mortality(0)* |
– Under limited treatment (3)* – Traumatic brain injury as the suspected cause of death (0)* |
37 (18.5) 27 (73) 29 (78.4) |
6 (7.4) 5 (83.3) 2 (33.3) |
2 (9.1) 2 (100) 1 (50) |
29 (29.9) 20 (74.1) 26 (89.7) |
|
Discharge/transfer – Other |
– Home (1)* – Subsequent curative inpatient treatment (1)* – Other hospital(1)* – Sonstige (1)* |
59 (29.6) 82 (41.2) 16 (8) 5 (2.5) |
37 (45.7) 29 (35.8) 8 (9.9) 1 (1.2) |
7 (31.8) 9 (40.9) 2 (9.1) 2 (9.1) |
15 (15.6) 44 (45.8) 6 (6.25) 2 (2.1) |
| GOSe 5–8 at discharge (80)* | 83 (69.2) | 54 (85.7) | 6 (46.2) | 23 (52.3) | |
*In parentheses: proportion of missing patient data per variable; CAUTION: the percendayss in the traumatic brain injury subgroups refer to the collective of available data, respectively
ASA, American Society of Anesthesiologists; CT, computed tomography; ICP, intracranial pressure; GOSe, Glasgow Outcome Scale extended